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India
ID Please (34)
S_Akshay
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 30 W: 11 N: 107]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-s-g.gif) (521) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | loot
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5633 W: 594 N: 3202]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (8699) [2008-06-29 02:46:48] [3] | Hi Akshay
Just a quick "fun" workshop as I said. I resized the canvas size and cloned some additional area on to the right. Then I adjusted the "Levels", added some "Saturation" and sharpened it slightly with "USM".
Hope you approve of the processing done.
Regards
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South Africa
Cheetah (10)
FunkyMunky
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 23 W: 0 N: 22]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (106) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-06-17 20:56:20] [4] | Hi Peter
At first I just wanted to experiment to see how much I can perk up on the overall colour tones of the photo. Once I started fiddling I've gone a bit further by adjusting the "Levels", increased the "Contrast" +6, increased the "Saturation" +9, adjusted the "Shadow/Highlight", and finally I tweaked the "USM" (unsharp masking) by 150% at 0.3 radius.
I hope you approve of the processing done.
Best regards
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United States
Common Collared Lizard (7)
Nukiethemoose (12) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-06-15 19:08:49] [4] | Hi Jennifer
At first I just wanted to experiment to see how much I can improve on the overall sharpness of the photo. Then I realised the "Levels" was not set, which I then adjusted. I also increased the "Contrast" +6, increased the "Saturation" +9, adjusted the "Shadow/Highlight" at considerably less than default, and finally I adjusted the "USM" (unsharp masking) by 300% at 0.3 radius.
I hope you approve of the processing done.
Best regards
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South Africa
A Song For Ram - TBN 8 (96) *
loot
(8699) |
Supplement photo | | loot
(8699) [2008-06-14 09:57:51] | | Just a "bonus" posting showing the profile of this beautiful little Mocking cliff-chat. |
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India
Wild Dogs Pair - At Bandipur (12)
S_Akshay
(521) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-06-12 19:44:52] [4] | Hi Akshay
I just wanted to counter the slight dullness due to the shade. In so doing I used the "Shadow/Highlight" tool at default settings and I adjusted the "Levels" a wee bit. Then I removed the slight noise in the BG with "NeatImage", also at default settings, and I applied a bit of "USM" just to counter the adjust made and to bring the sharpness back to the details. I should have addressed the sunny area that became a bit too "lightened" in the BG, but it is too late to cry over spilled milk (chuckle).
I hope you approve of the optimisation done.
Regards
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Japan
Looking for Fish (80) *
Jamesp
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1223 W: 0 N: 4449]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (13290) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-06-06 09:02:18] [5] | Hi James
Primarily this was done just to add a bit of sky in front of the eagle, but then I got a bit of an urge and played around with some of the other settings.
I made a slight adjustment to the "Levels" by making the photo a little darker in order to gain some exposure on the white tail. Then I applied the "Shadows/Highlight" tool mostly at default setting, but I adjusted the white slider to 50% darkness. This made the sky a bit too dark perhaps, but I'm not sure the sky might normally look at this location. Finally I gave it a wee bit of "USM" just to overcome the unsharpening effect that the optimisation had on the photo.
I hope you approve of the post processing.
Best regards
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United Kingdom
Red Kite (32) *
aido
(4038) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-05-20 16:34:57] [5] | Hi Adrian
I just wanted to address the shadow aspect in the underwing and for that I only used the "Shadow/Highlight" tool with no other optimisation done.
Post Processing done:
1. Adjusted the "Shadow/Highlight" settings at the following values:-
-- Shadows:
-- Amount = 43%
-- Tonal width = 43%
-- Radius = 30px
-- Highlights:
-- Amount = 15%
-- Tonal width = 50%
-- Radius = 30px
-- Adjustments:
-- Colour correction = +20
-- Midtone contrast = +46
2. Chose "Save for Web".
I hope you approve of the slight enhancement done.
Best regards
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Kenya
Lilac Breasted Roller (58) *
Jamesp
(13290) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-05-18 16:24:37] [5] | Hi James
I hope you don't mind me doing a workshop on this lovely posting of yours. It really is such a great shot so I am just doing this fun workshop to crop a bit of the bottom and because my fingers can never rest I played a bit with the saturation and contrast. I also removed a remnant piece of the bush that was still left over at the bottom left hand corner after the cropping exercise. Oh yes, after the cropping I increased the file size back to 800 pixels on the vertical length and saved to web with the quality increased to new larger size allowed at 283kB. I hope you approve of the optimisation done.
Best regards
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Australia
Female Red-winged Parrot (28) *
rcrick
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 557 W: 39 N: 1001]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (3266) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-05-16 22:46:21] [5] | Hi Richard
As I said, this workshop was done on the underexposed version of the original photo you posted as a workshop.
Unfortunately you use Photo-Studio so I'm not sure if you will be able to do this within your software. Anyway, I thought I'd just show you how PhotoShop presents a solution to this backlight problem. Actually all the "Shadow/Highlight" settings (which were the main processing to accomplish this result) were done at default setting except for the "Midtone contrast".
Post Processing done:
1. Adjusted the "Shadow/Highlight" settings at the following values:-
-- Shadows:
-- Amount = 50%
-- Tonal width = 50%
-- Radius = 30px
-- Highlights:
-- Amount = 0%
-- Tonal width = 50%
-- Radius = 30px
-- Adjustments:
-- Colour correction = +20
-- Midtone contrast = -46
2. Adjusted "Contrast" to +3
3. Increased "Saturation" +3
4. Adjusted "Gamma" settings in "Exposure" to 1.03.
5. Chose "Save for Web".
6. Adjusted the "Quality" upwards from the original downloaded size of 136kB to 288kB.
I hope you approve of the optimisation that I've done.
Best regards
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India
Mating Colours (38)
ramthakur
(23125) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8699) [2008-05-15 21:12:32] [5] | Hi Ram
As I said, this is just a slight different viewpoint for the fun of it. I flipped it around horizontally and angled it at 45 degrees. Then I cropped it to adapt to the new format, removed the OE on the branch with some selective cloning and added a bit of saturation, USM, and contrast.
Obviously I ended up with a much smaller photo than your original posting (±50%) which I had to enlarge again, but it actually stood well. After the processing I chose "Save for Web" and increased the quality slider to 286kB.
As I said, it is just another view of your fine photo and I hope you like the optimisation done.
Best regards
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